Visionary Director Guillermo del Toro shares stories from ‘Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio’, 'Cronos', 'The Shape of Water', ‘Nightmare Alley’, 'Pan's Labyrinth' and ‘Hellboy’ in this career spanning discussion moderated by Joe Neumaier. Guillermo shares special advice for actors and performers, based on his experience working with some of the best in the business and his extensive study of film history.
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0:00 Intro
0:54 Upbringing
5:15 Parable and Metaphor
8:11 First Films as a Child
11:30 Process for Creating
14:55 Art as Therapy
19:04 History and Politics in his films
22:50 Cronos, Genre
26:48 Alfred Hitchcock
30:05 Working with Child Actors
32:22 Directing Actors
34:24 Doug Jones
40:00 Ron Perlman
44:00 The Shape of Water
47:55 Nightmare Alley
53:39 Acting
57:30 Collaboration with Crew
59:00 Pinocchio, Stop Motion
1:04:20 Fathers and Sons
1:08:34 Guillermo’s Home
1:09:40 Camera Movement and Blocking
1:11:30 Pride as an obstacle in art